The Asia News website reports today that clashes broke out on February 20, 2010 in Batala -- a town in the state of Punjab in India -- between Hindu extremists and the Christian minority.
The violence was sparked by the publication of a cartoon with a picture of Jesus raising a beer in one hand and holding a cigarette in the other.
The chief minister of Punjab condemns the blasphemous image and promises an iron fist against anyone who "foments sectarian hatred." Bishop Anil Couto, Bishop of Jalandhar, invites the faithful "to peace and brotherhood."
The cartoon -- published by a publisher in Delhi -- caused violent clashes between Christians and Hindus, injuring 10 people, damaging several shops, and the burning of the popular Salvation Army "Mukhi Fauj" Christian Church in Batala.
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